Our Social Impact
Our Social Impact
Social responsibility is important to us, so we've created our Northbridge Cares program to help us support, educate, and encourage Canadian children and youth to reach their full potential. We do this by contributing 2% of our pre-tax profit to meaningful causes and in 2024, we donated over $14.8 million.
TEAMING UP TO DO GOOD
TEAMING UP TO DO GOOD
We engage our employees, brokers and customers and bolster their social impact.
Community Impact
Project
Project
Employees nominate their preferred charity and colleagues cast their votes to help great causes win a minimum of $5,000 each.
Double Matching
Employee Donations
Employee Donations
We match up to $2,000 per employee. In 2024, we donated a total of $66,000 through this program.
Broker and Customer
Donation Matching
Donation Matching
We match up to $10,000 per brokerage. In 2024, we matched over $380,000 for our brokers and customers through these programs.
Employee Volunteer Grants
When an employee volunteers over 40 hours of their spare time, we donate $500 to that organization.
Team Volunteer Days
Our employees get a day off to participate as a team and contribute their time to a cause in their community.
Fundraising Sponsorship
We cover our employees' registration fees - and our teams participate in several fundraising campaigns each year.
OUR NATIONAL CHARITABLE PARTNERS
OUR NATIONAL CHARITABLE PARTNERS
We're proud to collaborate with six national charitable partners whose missions resonate with our focus on creating a tangible impact in the lives of children and youth within our communities. For details on how we support causes beyond our national partners, check out our latest Public Accountability Statement.
Jack.org has been at the forefront of youth mental health in Canada for over a decade.
We support the Jack Talks Program, Jack Chapters Program, and Be There Program. These initiatives deliver mental health presentations, create youth-led groups to break barriers, and provide digital resources to help young people support peers and maintain their own mental health.
We support the Jack Talks Program, Jack Chapters Program, and Be There Program. These initiatives deliver mental health presentations, create youth-led groups to break barriers, and provide digital resources to help young people support peers and maintain their own mental health.
Pathways to Education focuses on breaking the cycle of poverty through education. Its award-winning program helps youth in low-income communities by providing them resources and a network of support to graduate from high school and build the foundation for a successful future.
We provide paid internship opportunities to Pathways alumni through our Pathways Internship program. These internships help cultivate valuable skills in a workplace setting and establish a network of professional contacts.
We provide paid internship opportunities to Pathways alumni through our Pathways Internship program. These internships help cultivate valuable skills in a workplace setting and establish a network of professional contacts.
SickKids is among the world's leaders in conducting cutting-edge research, and providing complex and specialized healthcare for children.
We support the New Investigator Research Grant, funding promising children’s health research. In partnership with the Canadian Institute of Health Research, a group of esteemed medical researchers will award six grants annually, fostering the next generation of child health research leaders in Canada.
We support the New Investigator Research Grant, funding promising children’s health research. In partnership with the Canadian Institute of Health Research, a group of esteemed medical researchers will award six grants annually, fostering the next generation of child health research leaders in Canada.
ThriveYouth delivers arts-based leadership development programs to children and youth in undeserved communities across Canada.
We're ThriveYouth's champion partner and support a variety of initiatives, such as Learn Create Explore, Youth Lead Impact, and Build to Change. We've had an executive board presence with them for the past 25 years.
We're ThriveYouth's champion partner and support a variety of initiatives, such as Learn Create Explore, Youth Lead Impact, and Build to Change. We've had an executive board presence with them for the past 25 years.
Tree Canada is dedicated to planting and nurturing trees in rural and urban environments across every province.
Our contribution supports Tree Canada’s Operation ReLeaf and Community Tree Grants programs, helping communities recover, supporting greening efforts, and engaging volunteers in planting trees and restoring ecosystems.
Our contribution supports Tree Canada’s Operation ReLeaf and Community Tree Grants programs, helping communities recover, supporting greening efforts, and engaging volunteers in planting trees and restoring ecosystems.
United Way's main mission is to end local poverty by supporting the people impacted by it, and the neighbourhoods they live in.
We support United Way’s efforts to end homelessness by providing resources for youth and family programs across Canada. This includes transitional or affordable housing, homelessness prevention initiatives, and wraparound supports, to build a brighter future for youth.
We support United Way’s efforts to end homelessness by providing resources for youth and family programs across Canada. This includes transitional or affordable housing, homelessness prevention initiatives, and wraparound supports, to build a brighter future for youth.
WE COME TOGETHER TO GIVE TOGETHER
WE COME TOGETHER TO GIVE TOGETHER
Each year, Northbridge Financial employees coordinate their efforts to raise money and awareness for our six core charitable partners. We expanded our roster to include three additional charities that champion important causes. In 2024, we supported four such organizations:
- Black Youth Helpline (supporting youth of under-resourced communities, primarily youth of colour)
- Food Banks Canada (fighting against food insecurity)
- Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund (improving the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada)
Check out our Embracing Diversity page for more information about how we support Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Northbridge Financial.
AS A FAIRFAX COMPANY, GIVING IS IN OUR DNA
AS A FAIRFAX COMPANY, GIVING IS IN OUR DNA
We are 100% Canadian and a subsidiary of Fairfax, a company that is committed to “doing good by doing well.” Like all Fairfax companies, Northbridge believes that being successful means giving back – and the more successful we are, the more we can give.
Fairfax has a combined
giving target of 2% of
pre-tax earnings.
giving target of 2% of
pre-tax earnings.
Annual donations have gone
up ~155x at a compound rate
of 17% a year since 1991.
up ~155x at a compound rate
of 17% a year since 1991.
Fairfax has donated over
$480 million since launching
its charitable program in 1991.
$480 million since launching
its charitable program in 1991.
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
